A hermit who has spent decades living off grid in the middle of a forest has revealed he is still holding out hope of marrying a Kardashian.
Jake Williams, 70, who set up home in a tumbledown cottage in the Cairngorms 40 years ago, said he is longing to find a woman to share his bizarre life with and joked that a Kardashian would do.
The former seaman, who has two cats for company, no TV and enjoys a diet of roadkill stir-fry, is one of the stars of Channel 5 series Ben Fogle’s New Lives in the Wild.
In the episode, which goes out tonight, Jake, who hoped his wilderness home near Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, would become a hippie commune, tells Ben he is an accidental hermit.
He said: “I never intended to live on my own for so long but I’ve survived. I’m happy and I love my wild life but I would like to share my life with someone else.
“I’m getting older and I’m going to need some young people to help me run the place. I’m going to marry a Kardashian and have loads of children. Seriously though, I would like to meet someone pleasant.
“I was married years ago but it fizzled out. Maybe if that book Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus was around back then I might still be married. I’m always hopeful.”
Jake grew up in Inverness and studied science at Aberdeen University, where he joined a commune before buying the cottage in the 1970s.
He said: “I’m one of life’s refugees and this just happens to be where I’ve ended up.
“I eat roadkill if it’s not too squished. It’s easy to find and the price is right. I’ve got a huge vegetable garden. I’ve never gone hungry and touch wood I never will.”
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild, is on Channel 5, 9pm, tonight.
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